Enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, located on top of a roughly N-S ridge, close to a steep break of slope on the NW side. The location provides good views of surrounding undulating countryside. Approximately 20m to E, the ground falls away steeply to a narrow, wooded glen, with a fast flowing stream in its base. There is a more gradual fall of ground to S.
This enclosure is depicted as circular on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It now has a roughly D-shaped plan, with relatively straight sides at N and E. It consists of a low platform (14m N-S; 15.5m E-W) defined by a degraded scarp (H 0.4m to E; 0.9m to W), with stones protrude along the top edge of the scarp. The scarp describes a gentle curve S−NW. The straight sections of scarp on the N, E and SE may be the result of modification of the enclosure in the modern era. An exposed section of the scarp on this side reveals a make-up of peaty soil and stones. The top of the platform is level, but the surface is uneven and broken by occasional stones protruding from the sod cover. At N a narrow field ditch (Wth 1m) separates the enclosing scarp from a field fence. To N of the field fence part of the ridge slope has been quarried out for sand.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 5 June 2018